About Rustampur Village

Rustampur is a mid sized village in Barahiya tehsil, in the district of Lakhisarai, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 574, made up of 315 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.1 hectares hectares.

Rustampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rustampur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Lakhisarai
Tehsil	Barahiya
Area (hectares)	21.1 hectares
Population	574
Male Population	315
Female Population	259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	822
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Rustampur compares

By the 2011 count Rustampur is the 30th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,286 residents. Its 21.1 hectares work out to about 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Rustampur

Rustampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rustampur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rustampur from other places

Rustampur lies about 95 km from Lakhisarai, and the nearest railway station is Islampur, about 6.3 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Rustampur
Nearest town	Islāmpur	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Islampur	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barahiya	32 km
District headquarters	Lakhisarai	95 km

Villages closest to Rustampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barahiya tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Rustampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Rustampur village had a population of 574. That makes it the 30th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,286 residents.

Rustampur village has 315 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rustampur has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 881.

Rustampur covers 21.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 27 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Rustampur falls under Barahiya tehsil of Lakhisarai district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Rustampur is Islampur, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Rustampur.

Rustampur is about 95 km from Lakhisarai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rustampur is in Barahiya tehsil of Lakhisarai district. Islāmpur is about 5.2 km away. Islampur is about 6.3 km away. Barahiya is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.